Eunuchs are the most difficult group of people in history. Like ordinary people, there are good people, bad people, loyal ministers and treacherous ministers, but they are different from ordinary people. Physical incompleteness will make them despise from all sides, and instinctive deficiencies will distort their personalities, so sometimes their ideas cannot be measured by normal people.

For example, this time, Lei Yungong was not sure if he had just entered and looked in, so he actually went to build the imperial tomb. At first, Li Zhang was a little confused, but later he suddenly realized that Lei Yungong had a very reasonable explanation when he went to the imperial tomb, because it was possible to make money for the construction of the imperial tomb. After all, the construction period of the imperial tomb was so fast that countless materials were in and out every day, and the oil and water were too great.

For most officials in the court, the attractiveness of money is generally not as good as power. After all, only the power in their hands is too simple, and it is even too easy to make money. It is even too easy to just use the power in their hands to seek personal gain. Of course, there are also a few officials who value money very much, and these people include most eunuchs.

Perhaps because of losing the ability of men and women, eunuchs are generally very obsessed with money. At least among the eunuchs Li Zhang has seen, almost none of them are not greedy for money. Moreover, they are very brave to collect money. As long as others dare to give it to them, they dare to ask for it, regardless of the consequences of collecting money. Especially when he heard that some eunuchs from other places arrived at the local area, they even took advantage of their wealth, and even forced local people to rebel, which was a lot of evil deeds.

It is precisely because of these above that Li Zhang speculated that the reason why Lei Yungong went to build the imperial tomb was probably because he was attracted by the fact that he had enough oil and water for the imperial tomb, and the construction period was also short. As long as the imperial tomb was built, he could make huge profits in just a few months.

"Cousin, what are you thinking?" Just as Li Zhang was thinking, Zhao Zhen came over and shook his hand in front of him and asked. Li Zhang was cutting vegetables just now, but suddenly he was stunned and stopped moving, so he felt a little strange.

"It's nothing, don't wait here. After the smoke and fire, go back and wait!" Li Zhang finally woke up from his thoughts, and then smiled at Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan.

"It's okay, I just want to see how you cook, cousin!" Miaoyuan said at this time. It seemed that she was very interested in Li Zhang's cooking skills.

Seeing that they didn't leave, Li Zhang had no choice. At this time, other ingredients were also delivered, so he immediately started preparing. After a while, all the ingredients were almost ready, and then he started cooking.

Fried dishes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, but they had not been promoted on a large scale. Generally, only a few restaurants use the cooking techniques. The cooking techniques in the palace are relatively conservative. Although there are cooks, there are few styles. Li Zhang is familiar with Miaoyuan's taste and made three meat, three vegetables and six dishes, as well as two soups, one sweet and one salty.

Miao Yuan outside the kitchen door saw that Li Zhang really knew how to cook, and each dish was like flowing water. After a while, six dishes and two soups were ready, which made her big eyes full of admiration. She didn't like Li Zhang very much at the time, and the two had a little misunderstanding, but as time went by, she also found that her cousin was not only able to cure diseases, but also versatile. He was even very proficient in cooking, which made her doubt that Li Zhang could not do anything about it.

After the food was ready, Li Zhang also brought it to the hall, washed his hands and had a meal with Miaoyuan. The dishes Li Zhang cooked were all based on Miaoyuan's taste, so the girl naturally ate very happily. Zhao Zhen was also very surprised that Li Zhang's cooking skills were so good that he ate half a bowl of rice than usual.

In the next few days, the light rain stopped from time to time, and the air was still very humid, but this also brought a problem, that is, the potatoes were already germinated, so Li Zhang hurriedly reported to Liu E, and the place to plant potatoes was quickly selected.

Early that morning, a carriage set out from the palace and came to Li Zhang's house to pick him up. Then he galloped past again, and after leaving the city from the west gate, he walked west for another day. In the evening, Li Zhang and his friends rested at an inn for a night, and then they arrived at a large manor the next morning and stopped.

"Li Banju, it's this!" I saw a man jumping off the carriage and then helped Li Zhang get off the carriage. The person who got off first was also familiar with Li Zhang, that was Luo Chongxun, the confidant eunuch around Liu E. For something as important as potatoes, Liu E could only worry that Luo Chongxun would do it.

"Isn't this a little too far?" Li Zhang got out of the carriage and looked at the manor, then frowned and said, "This manor is very big, but there is no village or shop in front of it. One day away from Tokyo City, if someone wants to be unfavorable to potatoes, there is probably no way to stop it."

"Don't worry about Li Banjuan. There is no shortage of people here to guard Tudou. In fact, there is an army here, so we will know when we go in!" Luo Chongxun smiled at this time, and then took Li Zhang into the manor.

There are trees planted around the manor, probably based on trees. Now, because the trees are very tall, it is hard to see the situation in the manor. When Li Zhang followed Luo Chongxun into it, he immediately found that the manor occupied a huge area and there was a barracks in front, but this barracks were newly built, and a team of hundreds of soldiers were practicing in the schoolyard next to him.

"Brother Li, why are you?" Li Zhang had just entered the manor and had not yet reacted, but he suddenly rushed towards him from afar. When he saw Li Zhang, he shouted in surprise.

"Brother Shuxin?" Li Zhang also showed a surprised expression when he saw the person coming, because the person who came was Hu Yan Shuxin, but now Hu Yan Shuxin is wearing a helmet and armor, which looks a bit more heroic.

Hu Yan Shouxin rode a horse to Li Zhang, then dismounted. At this time, Luo Chongxun smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager was worried that Li Bandu, you would not get along with the soldiers in the army, so she specially transferred the commander Hu Yan. You two are also acquaintances, so it is easier to get along with each other!"

"The eldest lady is intent!" Li Zhang immediately understood when he heard this. Liu E was really thoughtful. With Hu Yan Shouxin, Li Zhang would have less trouble in the future.
Chapter completed!